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Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

Silicon Labs Spins Bluetooth SoC and MCU for Small Form-factor Designs

With a goal of serving the design needs of small form-factor embedded systems, Silicon Labs is rolling out families of MCUs and wireless SoCs in tiny packages.


News Mar 17, 2023 by Jeff Child
NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

NXP Rolls MCU, NFC, and Security Together Into a One-chip Solution

At Embedded World 2023, NXP unveils a chip that integrates a microcontroller, an NFC front end, and security into a single IC.


News Mar 16, 2023 by Jeff Child
Inspired by Zebra Stripes, Researchers Solve Size Constraints of TEGs

Inspired by Zebra Stripes, Researchers Solve Size Constraints of TEGs

Gwangju Institute researchers have developed a thin, lightweight, and flexible TEG that makes use of zebra-like stripes to generate electric energy.


News Mar 15, 2023 by Aaron Carman
sureCore’s Low-power Memory IP to Expedite Power-critical Designs

sureCore’s Low-power Memory IP to Expedite Power-critical Designs

sureCore’s off-the-shelf memory products integrate power-saving features for battery-critical designs like wearables and hearables.


News Mar 10, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Seaweed-based Sensor Acts as Second Skin for Health Monitoring

Seaweed-based Sensor Acts as Second Skin for Health Monitoring

Made from seaweed, rock salt, water, and graphene, the sensor is a more sustainable alternative to polymer-based solutions currently used for health-monitoring wearables.


News Mar 08, 2023 by Jake Hertz
STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

STMicro Rolls All-in-one Motion and Bone-conduction Sensor for Hearables

With its new sensor IC, STMicroelectronics hopes to enable a new class of hearables for applications like true wireless stereo (TWS).


News Mar 06, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog Claims Industry First on Customizable 12-bit ADC

Agile Analog has announced a new SAR ADC that is both process agnostic and customizable.


News Mar 03, 2023 by Jake Hertz
The Setbacks and Promises of Smart Contacts Continue to Ebb and Flow

The Setbacks and Promises of Smart Contacts Continue to Ebb and Flow

An idea that seems like science fiction, smart contact lenses face daunting technical and production challenges that call their commercial feasibility into question.


News Feb 27, 2023 by Jake Hertz
PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

PMIC Space Heats up With Design Wins, Acquisitions, and More

Offering compact packaging, BLE functions, and more, today’s power management integrated circuits (PMICs) are meeting the technology needs of a variety of system designs.


News Feb 25, 2023 by Abdulwaliy Oyekunle
MIT and Caltech Team Up on Ingestible Sensor That Pinpoints GI Issues

MIT and Caltech Team Up on Ingestible Sensor That Pinpoints GI Issues

The two powerhouse research centers developed an ingestible capsule containing a magnetic sensor and wireless transmitter to monitor GI motility.


News Feb 17, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

Infineon Unveils Tiny MEMS Microphone Touting High SNR, 520 μA Power

Putting its proprietary MEMS technology and clever ASIC design to work, Infineon marries high audio quality and low lower in a tiny microphone device.


News Feb 13, 2023 by Jeff Child
NeuralTree SoC Detects and Blocks Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders

NeuralTree SoC Detects and Blocks Symptoms of Neurologic Disorders

With NeuralTree, EPFL researchers are vaulting traditional challenges of implantable SoCs, like low channel count, system complexity, and large area.


News Feb 01, 2023 by Jake Hertz
The Internet of Animals Is Here to Track, Monitor, and Conserve Species

The Internet of Animals Is Here to Track, Monitor, and Conserve Species

The Internet of Things isn't just useful for remotely locking your doors or turning off a light. Connected devices may now play a role in saving wildlife.


News Jan 31, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Tree Tech: Enlisting Electronics in Environmental Protection

Tree Tech: Enlisting Electronics in Environmental Protection

As organizations and governments around the world seek solutions to climate change and deforestation, engineers are playing their part in the quest for ecological balance.


News Jan 25, 2023 by Robert Keim
Vertical Transistor Prototype Shows Promise for Biomedical Wearables

Vertical Transistor Prototype Shows Promise for Biomedical Wearables

With the ability to operate in both blood and water, the organic electrochemical transistor is proven useful for onsite signal processing.


News Jan 24, 2023 by Jake Hertz
Meta Acquires Smart Eyeglass Maker for Prescription AR Glasses

Meta Acquires Smart Eyeglass Maker for Prescription AR Glasses

Expanding its reach in AR, Meta has acquired Luxexcel, a company that 3D prints lenses for prescription eyewear and the next generation of smart wearables.


News Jan 07, 2023 by Aaron Carman
Dracula Technologies “Sucks” Ambient Indoor Light to Power the IoT

Dracula Technologies “Sucks” Ambient Indoor Light to Power the IoT

With a recent funding round, Dracula plans to advance the "world's first shaped organic photovoltaic cells."


News Dec 21, 2022 by Jake Hertz
“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

“RISC-V is Inevitable”—A Tale of Two RISC-V Summit Keynotes

At the annual summit, leaders in the RISC-V community had much to say about RISC-V taking over the world.


News Dec 16, 2022 by Jeff Child
STMicro Unveils 6-axis IMU with Embedded Sensor Fusion and AI

STMicro Unveils 6-axis IMU with Embedded Sensor Fusion and AI

Aimed at enabling low-power sensing applications such as AR/VR and wearables, ST's IMU serves up sensor fusion blocks and machine learning (ML) cores.


News Nov 29, 2022 by Jake Hertz
MOSFET ICs Roll in Small Package Formats—a Roundup

MOSFET ICs Roll in Small Package Formats—a Roundup

Enabling use in size-constrained system designs, a crop of MOSFET ICs are available that leverage small IC package formats.